Totem #1 is the first draft of a ‘monumental’ work that puts together music / soundscapes and poems from all around the world, read by the poets (in order of appearance: Miguel Angel Real, Kate Rex, Jean-Marc Desgent, Roger West, Elí Urbina Montenegro, Charles Pennequin, Manuel Neto Dos Santos, Frédérique Soumagne, Bertrand Laverdure) who wrote them in their original language. Some poets also pay a tribute to Antonin Artaud.
Totem is… gather the world into the same space, be connected to what unites us at any given moment - microscopic yet infinite, through poetry and music.
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Born in Brussels in February 1969, Gauthier Keyaerts has been developing his own physical and organic approach to music / image / poetry for years. His work is based on the principle of instinct applied to audio-video sculpturing and spatialisation, writing, scenography, installations...
His work has been performed and exhibited in Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Morocco, Taiwan, Quebec…
He has released several albums on Belgian indie labels (Sub Rosa/Quatermass as Very Mash’ta and with Bump & Grind, Transonic as The Aktivist)
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from
No Lockdown Transonic Sessions - Spring 2021,
released April 6, 2021
Miguel Angel Real (Spain): Un homenaje en un minuto
Kate Rex (England): extract from L'Ombilic des limbes (Antonin Artaud)
Jean-Marc Desgent (Quebec): Poem for the installation "L'oeil Sampler #2"
Roger West (Scotland): Postcard from Bertrand Laverdure (work in progress)
Elí Urbina Montenegro (Peru): Guardo Hospedada en mi memoria
Charles Pennequin (France): Insulte à l'inconditionné (Antonin Artaud)
Manuel Neto Dos Santos (Portugal): Cada verso é um pássaro
Frédérique Soumagne (France): Poem for Gauthier Keyaerts’ installation "L'oeil Sampler #2"
Bertrand Laverdure (Quebec): L’arbre est politique ("L'oeil Sampler #2")
Live session (impro), mastering and editing : Gauthier Keyaerts